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Saturday, May 28, 2011

Pico de Gallo

From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...Our plans for the weekend are in place, and, despite predictions of heavy rains, we plan to soldier on. We'll simply move everything, save for grilling, inside. Should you drive by and look up the hill, you'll see a huge umbrella on the deck of the topmost house. We'll be the folks you see grilling under its protective cover. I've planned two themed meals for the holiday. I'm leaving the third in the hands of the kitchen gods and praying they'll be kind to me. I've been working on condiments for the Mexican-style meal I've planned for tomorrow night. If all goes according to Hoyle, we'll be having fish tacos and fajitas along with numerous sides and sundry Southwestern fixin's. I thought this weekend would be an ideal time to add some of these condiments to my recipe collection. Fast and simple has real appeal to me on these long holiday weekends. I hope it does for you as well. I realize that you can buy any of the condiments I'll be featuring, but I've always had a quiet chuckle when I see "fresh" pico de gallo or "fresh" mango salsa with an expiration date stamped on their containers. Tomatoes are still being imported here. They look very anemic, so I've been ripening them in a brown paper bag, hoping to get better color and flavor for the salsas I'm preparing. The technique helps, but it will never replace the blood red color and sweet flavor of garden grown tomatoes. We make do. Pico de gallo is a fresh tomato salsa that is served with many Mexican dishes. It is very easy to make and homemade versions have far more flavor than anything that can be purchased in the supermarket. A recipe is needed only to list the ingredients required to make the salsa. The directions can be summed up in three words, chop, combine and chill. That, literally, is all there is to it. Here's the recipe.

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I do hope that the weather holds out for your grilling. My hubby would be the same with an umbrella over his coals. Your Pico de Gallo looks fabulous.I put "anaemic" tomatoes on the windowsills for a short while, the warmth brightens their skin and flesh beautifully.Enjoy your holiday celebrations.:-) Mandy

Well, it sounds like you have a great plan for the weekend and some delicious Pico de gallo to go along with everything. It truly is difficult to find the perfect tomato unless you have a garden and they are ready to be picked! I actually picked three 5 gallons of tomatoes that a grower was giving away for 1$ a bucket~they had no workers this season. Gov't clamping down....anyway. we picked those PERFECT tomatoes.....vine ripe ,red and juicy!

That pico de gallo looks so lovely, Mary! I will send as much good weather your way as I possibly can.. it's going to be sunny and hot hot hot all weekend, I don't mind sharing at all :)Enjoy the holiday weekend!!

Thanks for the nice comments and taking a look at my blog.. Since I have returned from Sweden I have been so busy and not able to do any posting..I copied down your Pico De Gallo salsa receipe~~ well make and take to our memorial cook-out at my daughters.. It looks so good. Have a Tiggeriffic week-end~~ ta ta for now..from Iowa:0

Thank you for checking out my blog (dreamingofwhitechocolate.com) and leaving such a nice comment. I am enjoying going through all of your recipes as well! This pico de gallo looks spectacular. I already bookmarked it for when my tomatoes are ready from my garden this summer.

I make salsa a lot at our house and particularly pico de gallo. The only difference is I use white or yellow onions and serrano peppers. I pretty much use serrano peppers as a substitution for jalapeno in almost every Mexican dish I make. Hope you didn't get too much rain!

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